Florida Sound Archive Podcast

#118 Jim Hayward (Slammie Productions)


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From the Slammie Awards to La Fiesta de Punk Rock: Jim Hayward’s Untold Story //////////// In this episode, we are joined by Jim Hayward, the founder of Slammie Productions and a longtime journalist whose career at the Palm Beach Post spanned over 40 years. Jim shares his incredible journey through South Florida’s underground music scene and his parallel life in journalism.


He reflects on his early exposure to music through his concert-promoter father, the rise of South Florida’s punk, metal, and hardcore scenes in the 1980s and 1990s, founding the South Florida Slammie Awards where he promoted over 700 bands, and managing the band Raped Ape. Jim shares stories about shows with Marilyn Manson, Nonpoint, Against All Authority, New Found Glory, and others, performing at iconic venues like The Button South, The Plus Five, Respectable Street, and The Edge, which later became The Chili Pepper and eventually Revolution, as well as The Factory and many more. He also talks about his passion for the tiki scene, and more.

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